Solotvyno

Solotvyno (also Solotvina) (Ukrainian: Солотвино, Hungarian: Aknaszlatina and Hungarian: Faluszlatina, Romanian: Slatina, Rusyn: Солотвино, Yiddish: סעלאָטפֿינע (Slotfina), Slovak: Slatinské Doly) is an urban-type settlement in Tiachiv Raion in Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine, located adjacent to Romania, on the right bank of the Tisza River opposite the Romanian city of Sighetu Marmaţiei. The village's name comes from the nearby salt mine.

Not to be confused with Solotvyn.
For the nearby town, also in Máramaros, that was known as Slatina in Yiddish, see Slătioara, now a part of Strâmtura, Romania, see Solotvyno (disambiguation).
Solotvyno
Slatina
Urban-type settlement
Coat of arms
Solotvyno
Solotvyno
Coordinates: 47°57′20″N 23°52′16″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast
RaionTiachiv Raion

Solotvyno was first mentioned ca. 1360 (the former one was burned down by the Tatars in 1241). Population: 8,484 (2021 est.)[1].

The large Jewish population died in the Holocaust, while the region was in Hungary.

Solotvino is the final stop of the Ukrainian section of the railway, which runs from Lviv to Transcarpathia.

The village has an original museum of salt miners.

Notable residents
  • A salt mine in the town of Solotvyno
  • Recreation camp, "El dorado"
  • Underground office of the hospital
  • Former synagogue
  • Former synagogue, now bakery
  • Old Jewish cemetery
  • New Jewish cemetery
  • Jewish memorial plaque

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. Марк Штейнберг. Евреи в войнах тысячелетий. p. 227. ISBN 5-93273-154-0 (in Russian)
  3. Иван Мащенко (September 7–13, 2002). Медиа-олигарх из Солотвина. Зеркало недели (in Russian) (#34 (409)). Archived from the original on 2012-12-22.


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